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[[Image:CIC Video Logo.png|right|175px|CIC Video]]
 
[[Image:CIC Video Logo.png|right|175px|CIC Video]]
'''CIC Video''' (pronounced "kick video") was the licensed distributor of ''[[Star Trek]]'' VHS releases in the UK and Australia in the 1980s and 1990s. A partner company of [[Paramount Pictures]], CIC released episodes of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|The Original Series]]'', ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]]'', typically in a two-episode-per-tape format.
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'''CIC Video''' (pronounced "kick video") was the licensed distributor of ''[[Star Trek]]'' VHS releases in the UK and Australia in the 1980s and 1990s. A partner company of [[Paramount Pictures]], CIC released episodes of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|The Original Series]]'', ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]]'', typically in a two-episode-per-tape format. It also released all the ''Star Trek'' motion pictures up to and including {{film|9}} in "complete" boxed sets, as well as on individual tapes.
   
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The company also produced themed boxsets, including:
It also released all the ''Star Trek'' motion pictures up to and including {{film|9}} in "complete" boxed sets, as well as on individual tapes. Other boxed sets issued included the complete [[Q]] episodes of the ''Next Generation'' and ''Deep Space Nine'' in a set called ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - Q Continuum (video collection)#UK collection|Q Continuum]]'', a set of all ''Next Generation'' episodes featuring the Borg in a box shaped like a [[Borg cube]] (the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - Borg Box|Borg Box]]'') and a "Greatest Battles" set including selected combat-driven episodes from the ''Next Generation'', ''Deep Space Nine'', and ''Voyager''.
 
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*''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - Q Continuum (video collection)#UK collection|Star Trek: The Next Generation - Q Continuum]]''
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*''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - Borg Box]]''
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*''[[Star Trek - Crossovers Set]]''
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*''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - Data Box]]''
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*''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition]]''
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*''[[Star Trek - Greatest Battles]]''
   
Shortly after the end of the ''Next Generation'', a [[Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Full Length TV Movies|set of TV movies]] was released, for which all the two-part episodes of that series were edited together to produce feature-length episodes, as was later produced deliberately on both of the spin-off series. The last in this set ({{e|All Good Things...}}) featured the uncut version of the episode, which had had some scenes removed (e.g. the meeting between [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] and the elderly Q in the future timeline) for its initial UK video release.
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Shortly after the end of the ''Next Generation'', a [[Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Full Length TV Movies|set of TV movies]] was released, for which all the two-part episodes of that series were edited together to produce feature-length episodes. The last in this set ({{e|All Good Things...}}) featured the uncut version of the episode for the first time - the original release was of the two-part syndication version, which had had some scenes removed (e.g. the meeting between [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] and the elderly Q in the future timeline).
   
 
CIC Video was superseded by [[Paramount Home Entertainment]] in {{y|1999}} following the company's dissolution; the latter company maintaining catalog number continuity across the titles.
 
CIC Video was superseded by [[Paramount Home Entertainment]] in {{y|1999}} following the company's dissolution; the latter company maintaining catalog number continuity across the titles.

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CIC Video (pronounced "kick video") was the licensed distributor of Star Trek VHS releases in the UK and Australia in the 1980s and 1990s. A partner company of Paramount Pictures, CIC released episodes of The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager, typically in a two-episode-per-tape format. It also released all the Star Trek motion pictures up to and including Star Trek: Insurrection in "complete" boxed sets, as well as on individual tapes.

The company also produced themed boxsets, including:

Shortly after the end of the Next Generation, a set of TV movies was released, for which all the two-part episodes of that series were edited together to produce feature-length episodes. The last in this set ("All Good Things...") featured the uncut version of the episode for the first time - the original release was of the two-part syndication version, which had had some scenes removed (e.g. the meeting between Picard and the elderly Q in the future timeline).

CIC Video was superseded by Paramount Home Entertainment in 1999 following the company's dissolution; the latter company maintaining catalog number continuity across the titles.

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